Bill was a general partner at Goldman Sachs, where he was the Chief Operating Officer of the firm's largest division (Equities). During his years at Goldman, he led the division's re-organization after the 1987 market crash, returning the division to its most profitable years. In addition to his focus on the bottom line, through his leadership the division expanded geographically - in Asia (Singapore) and Europe (Frankfurt) - and diversified by appointing the first woman to lead a regional office and by opening an emergency day care center at its home office.

After retiring from Goldman, Bill has remained active in business through board memberships and consulting assignments. Currently, the two major boards on which he currently holds seats are Geisinger Health (a major American integrated health care system with hospitals located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where he is chairman of the Audit Committee) and Private Bank, AG (a Zurich, Switzerland based international bank, where he is a member of the governing board).

His past board seats were with:

Indivumed GMBH, a Hamburg, Germany biotech company where he co-chaired the Advisory Committee (2015-2016)

He currently holds the Howard I. Scott Chair in Global Commerce, Strategy and Leadership at Bucknell University, where he is a Professor of Management Practice, teaching courses in investments, investment banking, strategy, international relations and leadership. He has received Bucknell's most prestigious teaching recognition - the Lindback Award for distinguished teaching. His scholarship has been published by (among others) The Association of Governing Boards (AGB), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Cornell University's Johnson School, Directorship Magazine, Essays in Economic and Business History, The Financial Times, Finanz und Wirtschaft, the Holocaust Centre (Beth Shalom), International Journal of Arts & Sciences, Journal of Applied Business and Economics, The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Patriot-News, Physician Executive, Public Radio International and Stanford University.

Educational Background

M.B.A., Columbia University

A.B. (with distinction), Dartmouth College

Teaching Interests

Capital Markets

International Relations

Investments

Leadership

Strategy

Professional Memberships, Distinctions & Charitable Activities

Founder of Bucknell Harvest (a volunteer group that now runs a soup kitchen)

Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the World

National arbitrator of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Consultant for businesses in America, Asia and Europe

ECAC Award for contributions to intercollegiate Athletics (2013)

Council of Scholars of the Commonwealth Foundation (2010-2015)

Founding faculty member of Bucknell's Institute for Leadership in Technology & Management (ILTM)

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